Brightway Insurance has made changes to its franchise contract in a move that is designed to make it easier to attain franchise ownership during the current coronavirus pandemic. According to Brightway President and CEO Michael Miller, the company will offer …
Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Center and other locations on the morning of September 11th, President Bush declared that the atrocities were “an act of war.” That statement prompted a call to me from a friend and …
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has named Krista Conte head of exclusive agent distribution. Conte joins Farmers after more than 15 years at Allstate, where she was most recently field vice president in the California region. Farmers Insurance Group is …
Louis T. Mastos was stepped in myriad sectors of Nevada’s insurance community, and he was someone who early on recognized the value of surplus lines, those who knew him say. Mastos, who served as Nevada’s second insurance commissioner, died on …
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that as part of the ongoing transformation of Sompo International, the insurer will be consolidating its London presence into one company market platform and …
Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods and mudslides. In Alabama, …
The Hanover Insurance Group reported that James A. Kelley has been appointed president of Hanover Specialty Industrial Property. Kelley will be responsible for the company’s portfolio of insurance for complex high hazard industrial businesses. He replaces James L. Abraham, who …
The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin to insurers to urging them to work with commercial policyholders that have premiums based on payroll, sales, or a similar auditable exposure. TDI requests that insurers conduct midterm audits and accept …
Facing a steep drop in oil demand with much of the world staying home to practice social distancing, more than 55 energy executives, analysts and critics appeared one after another Tuesday at a video meeting of the Texas agency that …
High winds hampered firefighters’ efforts to extinguish a fire at a huge assisted living complex under construction in West Des Moines, Iowa, officials said. The four-alarm fire was reported around 6 p.m. Monday, the Des Moines Register reported. Fire officials …
